Chatra Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 14 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Jharkhand state in eastern India. It covers the entire Chatra and Latehar districts and part of Palamu district.
Assembly segments Presently, Chatra Lok Sabha is the smallest constituency in Jharkhand and comprises the following five Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments: Constituency numberNameReserved for (SC/ST/None)DistrictParty2024 Lead26Simaria SCChatra27Chatra SC73ManikaSTLatehar74LateharSC75PankiNonePalamu Until 1977, Chatra was one of the vast Parliamentary constituencies with parts of Gaya, Hazaribag and Palamu districts. The districts of Chatra and Latehar came into being much later. Sans Panki, all the assembly segments (Chatra, Simaria, Latehar and Manika) are reserved seats, whereas Chatra continues to be an unreserved Parliamentary constituency.
Members of Parliament YearMemberParty1957Vijaya RajeChota Nagpur Santhal Parganas Janata Party1962Swatantra Party1967Independent1971Shankar Dayal SinghIndian National Congress1977Sukhdeo Prasad VermaJanata Party1980Ranjit SinghIndian National Congress (I)1984Yogeshwar Prasad YogeshIndian National Congress1989Upendra Nath VermaJanata Dal19911996Dhirendra AgarwalBharatiya Janata Party19981999NagmaniRashtriya Janata Dal2004Dhirendra Agarwal2009Inder Singh NamdhariIndependent2014Sunil Kumar SinghBharatiya Janata Party20192024Kalicharan Singh
Election results 2024
2019
2014
2009
1984 Lok Sabha Yogeshwar Prasad Yogesh (INC) : 211,020 votes Shukdeo Prasad Verma (ICJ) : 54,478
See also List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha
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